Aha - I can identify these berries - they're rose hips! The 'Old Man's Beard' is really beautiful. It reminds me of the seeds of a certain variety of Clematis, but I can't remember which. Beautiful photo, Lorna!

Thanks chickie and fodus. Perhaps it is native to the UK / ?Europe only. Old Man's Beard is how I have always known it, but (and I had to look it up!) it was named Travellers Joy by an English botanist back in the 16th Century, It is basically a weed, commonly seen in the hedgerows of rural areas, and the fluffy "beard" is produced as the plant seeds.